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Long story, my best friend growing up had 4 children, 3 years ago at 16 yrs old one killed himself, then 2 years ago she lost her only sibling, and 3 months later she lost her best friend to cancer. I know she loves her kids but she has been on so many medications to cope and she has been in and out of metal health facilities since all this that she is not completely there for her kids. She has 3 living children, one of whom is now 11 and was best friends with my niece, also 11, they played everyday, was in the same classroom etc. They had a fight as kids do and stopped playing together about a year ago. 2 days ago her son brought a pellet gun and hammer to school and was suspended, they are in 5th grade. The same day my brother got a call from the school saying that they found a letter that threatened my niece and that they were dealing with it but wouldn't tell my brother what was in the letter or who wrote it. We knew it was my friends son that wrote the letter so my sister-in-law called my friend and asked and she told her yes he wrote the letter and then told her what the letter said, which was "I want to slit her throat and rip her voice box out". My friend passed it off as a bad influence from her stepson who was staying with them (he's 20 yrs old) and having a hard time dealing with the death of his brother, uncle and godmother. The child is now under mandatory counseling, the police have followed up to make sure he went but he is allowed back to school and they didn't see any point in suspending him more than a day because there is only 3 weeks left and they will be sure to put them in seperate classrooms next year. My brother and sister-in-law have accepted this answer and sent her to school. I am nto questioning my brothers parenting skills I just hink he has too much faith in the school system. I would want the child expelled from school along with getting counseling, I don't think its a good enviorment for my niece to be in and what happens if he decided to follow through on this? If it was your child what would you expect from the school system?